Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-13

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General MALONE has designs upon
the Office OF Vice President of the
United States, IL We may Judge from
the outgivings of those who are near
10 him. Such at least is the interpre-
tation which We put upon his svowed
adhesion to the cause Of Mr.. SHERMAN,
~ the next Republican nominee for
President of the United States, and
upon Hon. JOIN $. WIsE's recent
speech in Michigan as well as that more
recently made in Philadelphia. These
two speeches. however. were substan-
TALLY one and the same. we suppose.
The former wc have read. The latter
il described as follows in Philadel-
phis telegram:
"Jn responding 10 toast he Mr..
Wisel made vigorous attack upon the
Democratic party. In overhauling its
record he said the Democratic party
had failed to carry out its pledges TO
repeal the internal-revenue law, had
defeated the Blair educational measure
after pledging itself to its passage, and
had won power by its assault on the
surplus, yet had piled up a larger sur
plus than ever. 1t had passed law OF
Interstate commerce so bad that its
own commission is forced to suspend
its operation to avoid panic and bust
ness stampede. The Republican par
~, il it would win,' he said. must
stop stalking it all on New York. Vir-
GINA Is Republican. Eleven counties,
with 100, 600 whites and but $4,000
blacks, give, on an aggregate vote OF
10000, Republican majority Of over
1900.
Indiana no more has Hendricks
and Mcdonald to lead-the one is
dead, the other snubbed. West Vir-
ginia is Republican. Tennessee and
North Carolina are ready to come.
Let us devote one tenth the energy
and means on them that has gone to
New York in the past, and victory is
ours
Now, let us assume that the speaker
desires to become United States
senator, and that General MALONE de-
sires to become Vice-President of the
United States, and we can understand
how General MALONE and Mr.. WISE
can work together SO peacefully in the
interest of Mr.. SHERMAN.
The burden of Mr.. WIsH's speeches
in the North is that Virginia, North
Carolina, and West Virginia may be
more easily carried by the Republicans
in 1888 than can New York. OF course,
then, the South must have the second
place on their ticket.
All other topics lead to the debt ques-
ton Just now. IL General MALONE
wishes to be put upon the ticket with
SHKBMAS he must "mend his fences"
He must do something that will relieve
him Of the reputation which he now
suffers under as the man who defeated
the McCULLocH settlement, and, as the
northern people, and even the British
bondholders seem to suppose, origi-
mated the RDDLEBERaRR bill Is is
not for us to characterize the
conduct Of General MAHoyE's as "re-
pudiation." We need say nothing on
that point at present. But whatever
his fellow-citizens OF Virginia may
think on the subject. the people of the
North are, not a few of them, always
ready to describe the General as "re-
pudiator." From that unsayory repu-
tation, he must, we repeat, be relieved
before he can hope to run as the Re-
publican candidate for Vice-Prasident.
Well, What of il? Nothing except
that it was given out several weeks ago
that General MALONE was engaged in
perfecting O new plan OF settling
with the foreign bondholders. What
sort OF plan it is to be we can only
gusss. Perhaps he viii have it ready
10 submit to the committee from Eng
lard few weeks hence.